Chief Education Officer Saddam Hussain on Tuesday directed his ire at photo-journalists for not showing sensitivity following the Mahdia dormitory fire which claimed 20 lives on May 21.
He took aim at the media during day eight of the public hearing of the presidential CoI into the tragic incident. “I am 110 per cent sure that no minister instructed any photographers to take their pictures with the families and friends of the victims [who perished in the fire].
The senior ministry official was responding to Commission Counsel, Keoma Griffith, who asked, “How do you take the comments from the public that it was seemingly inappropriate for the Ministry of Education and other government officials to be taking photos with the family of the victims at a vigil held at Umana Yana?”
